Partner Dance · Partner dance

Country Swing

The spins and tricks people film. Start with the basic, add from there.

HOW TO COUNTRY SWING DANCE - Basics For Beginners

We did not make this video — we found the clearest one and linked it. There is no single official version of most line dances, so we are filming the version taught on West Michigan floors with local instructors. Teach it here?

Level

Partner dancePartner required

Danced to

Any upbeat countryVarious

Type

Country partnerImprovised

The cheat sheet

What you are walking into

Bouncy, playful partner dancing with turns and tricks bolted on as you improve.

What catches people out

The tricks are for later. Trying a dip in week one is how people get hurt.

How to get through it

Get the basic rock-step and triple rhythm solid. Everything spectacular is built on top of it.

Moves it leans on

Rock Step Shuffle Kick Ball Change

These are ours, written for someone who has not danced it yet — not a step sheet. For exact counts, see the choreographer's sheet linked above, or come to a night and let someone teach you.

Go dance this week

We do not claim to know which night plays which song. What we do know is where country dancing happens — here are three of the region's nights, and the calendar has the rest.

Stomp
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Wednesday · Grand Rapids